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James Sharpe (Australian politician)
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James Sharpe (Australian politician)
James Benjamin Sharpe
(1868 – 8 July 1935) was an
Australian
politician. Born in
Kiama, New South Wales
, he was educated at public schools and moved to
Queensland
while a young man. He was a tobacconist, labour journalist and press proprietor, as well as an
alderman
with
Brisbane City Council
. In 1913, he was elected to the
Australian House of Representatives
as the
Labor
member for
Oxley
. He held the seat until his defeat in 1917, after which he became a
life insurance
officer. Sharpe died in 1935 and was buried in
Toowong Cemetery
.
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